I’m sure I must have mentioned at some point previously on this blog that I am a keen geocacher. What is a geocacher? Well, a geocacher is someone who engages in the activity of geocaching: an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques […]
Last month I moved back to my hometown of Plymouth and am happy to have found a place in the area where I grew up: St. Budeaux. Wandering about with the dog has allowed me to reconnect to my youth: of the schools that I formerly attended, of the pub (now pulled down) where I […]
Earlier this year I read a local history about Brixham and the surrounding area. Brixham: Its History and Its Place in History is written by John Scotney, and it makes a wonderful addition to the understanding of the locality and its past. Whilst reading it I came across the naval hospital position at Goodrington, a […]
Last week I visited Buckland Abbey, north of Plymouth. It is closely associated with Sir Francis Drake, who – depending on your stance – is either a national hero with clear links to Devon, or a pirate. My home city of Plymouth has managed to simply merge the identities of hero and pirate to find […]
The article below is one of my most earliest (published in The Devon Historian in 2008). I researched and wrote it towards the end of the second year of my degree, having developed a fascination in local history – particularly that of St. Budeaux in Plymouth – during the preceding two years. Thomas Alcock was […]
